July 6 in History

Historical Events on July 6

1777 American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

1917 World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.

1937 Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.

1939 Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.

1941 Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.

1967 Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.

1995 In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

1997 The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.

2013 A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.

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Famous Birthdays on July 6

1935 Tenzin Gyatso

1940 Nursultan Nazarbayev

1946 George W. Bush

1975 50 Cent

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Famous Deaths on July 6

1189 Henry II of England

1535 Thomas More

1934 Nestor Makhno

2009 Robert McNamara

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